About Tamilnadu Agricultural University

Tamilnadu Agricultural University is a leading agrotechnology provider of India and its graduates are recognized throughout the world. Though the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) came into being on June 1, 1971, it had its genesis from establishment of an Agricultural School at Saidapet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India as early as 1868 which was later relocated at Coimbatore during 1906.

Courses offered in TNAU

The University is offering 12 Undergraduate Degree Programs and 29 Postgraduate Degree Programs in 10 Colleges distributed in seven campuses all over Tamil Nadu. Besides, the University has 36 Research Stations for agrotechnology development and 14 Farm Science Centers for outreach.

New Courses in Agriculture Engineering and Technology

A new degree program B.Tech. in Energy & Environmental Engineering was started during 2004 & B.Tech. in Bioinformatics during 2006. 2 new courses B.S. in Agribusiness Management & B.Tech. in Agricultural Information Technology introduced from the academic Year 2007 - 2008.

TNAU Applications By Post

by sending a requisition letter along with a Demand Draft for Rs. 670/- ( Rs. 370/- for SC/ST a copy of the Community Certificate should be enclosed) towards application fee and postage. Demand Draft should be drawn infavour of The Dean (Agriculture) payable at Coimbatore. The address for sending the application should be written in capital letters in requisition letter.

Submission of Application

one application is sufficient for all undergraduation programs. Filled in application shoud be sent to

Students who studied one of the following groups in Higher secondary (+2) are eligible to apply

Group I Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Group II Physics, Chemistry, Biology with any one of the following subjects as fourth (elective) subject

Biochemistry

Biotechnology

Microbiology

Home Science

Computer Science.

Group II A Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology

Faculty of Agricultural Engineering

B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering

B.Tech. in Food Process Engineering

B. Tech. in Energy and Environmental Engineering

Students who studied following groups are eligible to apply.

Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science

B. Minimum Eligible Percentage of Marks for TNAU

The minimum percentage of marks eligibility for each category is listed below .

Category

Percentage Required

Open competition

55% aggregate of all the four subjects

BC and BCM

50% aggregate of all the four subjects

MBC and Denotified

45% aggregate of all the four subjects

SC and ST

A pass in qualifying examination

C. Age Limit

Candidates should not have completed the age of 21 years on the first day of July of the admission year (i.e. as on 1.7.2012) for all the courses. However, for Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes there is no age limit.

D. Nativity

Candidates belonging to Tamil Nadu only will be considered for admission. Candidates who have studied X, XI, XII Standard in Tamil Nadu need not enclose Nativity certificate. The candidates who have not studied X, XI and XII standards in Tamil Nadu should produce the certificate of permanent residence in Tamil Nadu in the prescribed proforma (Certificate – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University/2012-1 enclosed) issued by the competent authorities.

E. Number of attempts to pass

The maximum number of permissible attempts to pass in the qualifying examination is as follows: Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes : Three. All other Communities : Two

HSC Vocational Stream

Five per cent of seats are exclusively reserved for candidates who qualified under Vocational Stream and therefore they shall not be considered under general merit and any other reservation categories. Vocational group candidates are eligible only for the degree programs indicated below:

Candidates who passed HSC under vocational stream and studied any one of the subjects, namely, Biology or Chemistry or Economics or Home Science and vocational subjects including theory and practical indicated in the table below are eligible to apply for the degrees, B. Sc. (Agriculture), B. Sc. (Horticulture) and B. Sc. (Forestry).

Candidates who passed HSC under vocational stream and studied any one of the subjects, namely, Mathematics or Physics and vocational subjects including theory and practical indicated in the table below are eligible to apply for the degree B. Tech. (Agricultural Engineering).